UPDATED: 2013 Spring Convocation in pictures

Posted on Friday, May 31, 2013

Golden Violin winner Baptiste Rodrigues plays for the audience during the Schulich Music School ceremony. / Photo: Owen Egan

By the time the last flying mortarboard landed back on earth and the final skirl of the bagpipe faded into the distance, more that 7,300 graduating students had accepted their degrees during this year’s Spring Convocation ceremonies from May 27 to June 3.

In addition to the awarding of degrees to students and teaching awards to some of the University’s exceptional faculty, McGill confered honorary degrees upon 11 exceptional individuals, including a world-renowned singer and humanitarian, a Nobel Prize-winning AIDS researcher, a best-selling essayist, a leading philosopher, and business innovators and leaders.

Finally, these ceremonies marked the last for Heather Munroe-Blum as Principal and Vice-Rector of the University, who will step down on June 30 after more than a decade at the helm of McGill.

The following is a selection of pictures from Spring Convocation 2013.

Graduating Arts students on their way to receive their diplomas. / Photo: Neale McDevitt

Amir Danak. PhD in Engineering, surrounded by members of his family. / Photo: Owen Egan

The end of one journey marks the beginning of another. / Photo: Neale McDevitt

Principal Heather Munroe-Blum presents Robert Deluce, founder of Porter Airlines, with his diploma for the B.Sc. he completed in 1971 but was unable to pick up at the time. The next day, he was awarded an Honorary Degree. / Photo: Owen Egan

Faculty of Science PhDs on parade. / Photo: Neale McDevitt

Alexandra Apkarian, B.Sc. adjusts her robe. / Photo: Owen Egan

Four-and-a-half-year-old Eidan Hitzmann and his sister two-year-old sister Jaelyn takes in the pomp of the platform party procession. / Photo: Owen Egan

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